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Dear Friends of SJS,
There are many other exciting events and talks happening in our community over the next few weeks. Please see the list below for some of those events:
Oct. 16: UVIC African and Caribbean Students Association.

ACSA will be having a panel discussion about Violence and black masculinity on October 16th (next Thursday) in Michele Pujol room. Topics to be discussed include the effects of black male violence on women, homophobia within the black community and the role the justice system plays in all of this. This is a free for all event and refreshments will be served.

Victoria Friends of Cuba present Social Justice Film Night: A tribute to Che Guevara
7:00pm Thursday, October 162994 Douglas St. (BCGEU Hall) Victoria, BC
Admission by Donation
This month's film night will begin with a presentation in memory of Che, followed by the feature film: Going... Against the Grain, a film by Bilal Yousef
This Al Jazeera World Report, “Going Against the Grain,” follows Levy on one of his assignments in Hebron, and meets some of the ordinary Palestinians whose lives he has described in his regular column for Haaretz.
He has made weekly visits, over the past three decades, to the occupied Palestinian territories, describing what he sees – plainly and without propaganda.
For some Israelis, he is seen as a brave disseminator of the truth. But many others condemn him as a propagandist for Hamas. And his columns for the Tel Aviv-based Haaretz newspaper have made him, arguably, one of the most hated men in Israel.
Oct. 20th:
Andrea Smith
Oct. 20th, 1:30-3:00 p.m.
First Peoples House

The UVic Native Students Union and the Anti.Violence.Project invites you attend Andrea Smith's talk about addressing gender-based and sexualized violence on campuses and in communities. The event is on Monday Oct 20th, 1:30 - 3:00 pm, at the First Peoples House at UVic.

This event is Free, and open to campus and community members. The venue is wheel-chair accessible, we are working on getting bus tickets for the event and there is a single stall, gender-neutral washroom available (shared with families and folks with accessibility needs).

facebook event: Andrea Smith at UVic

Andrea Smith is associate professor of Ethnic Studies and Media and Cultural Studies at University of California, Riverside. She received her Ph.D. in History of Consciousness at UC Santa Cruz in 2002. Previously, she taught in the Program in American Culture at the University of Michigan. Her publications include: (co-edited with Audra Simpson), Theorizing Native Studies (Duke, 2014), Native Americans and the Christian Right: The Gendered Politics of Unlikely Alliances (Duke, 2008), and Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide (South End Press, 2005). She is also the editor of The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Nonprofit Industrial Complex (South End Press, 2009), and co-editor of The Color of Violence, The Incite! Anthology (South End Press, 2006). She is a co-founder of Incite! Women of Color Against Violence. She recently completed a report for the United Nations on Indigenous Peoples and Boarding Schools.

Recent Publications
Simpson, Audra and Andrea Smith, Eds., Theorizing Native Studies (Duke, 2014)
Smith, Andrea. “Voting and Indigenous Disappearances,” Settler Colonial Studies, 3, 3-4 (2013): 352-68.
Smith, Andrea. “Life after Tenure Denial” (195-204). In: Mentoring Faculty of Color: Essays on Professional Development and Advancement in Colleges and Universities, Eds. Dwayne Mack, Elwood D. Watson and Michelle Madsen Camacho (McFarland & Company Inc., 2013).
Smith, Andrea. “Against the Law: Indigenous Feminism and the Nation-State,” Affinities: A Journal of Radical Theory, Culture, and Action, 5, 1 (2011).
Smith, Andrea. “Unsettling the Privilege of Self-Reflexivity” (263-80). In: Geographies of Privilege, Eds. france winddance twine and Bradley gardener (New York: Routledge, 2010).
Smith, Andrea. “Indigenous Peoples and Boarding Schools: A Comparative Study,” Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 8th Session, New York, 18-29 May 2009 (E/c.19/2009/CRP.1, 26 January 2009), pp. 1-59.

Oct. 21: FUNDRAISER FOR GRACE ISLET RESISTANCE-

A Benefit concert and silent auction to support Grace Islet resistance will be happening at 6-10pm October 21, 2014 at Lacy Lou’s Tapas Lounge (1320 Broad street, Victoria BC). The event aims to raise money for legal expenses, research, public outreach and continuing First Nations presence and activities on Salt Spring Island for continuing efforts to protect Grace Islet.

Background: Grace Islet has been a continuous Indigenous Cemetery for an estimated 2000 years and sacred to Local First Nations who have direct lineage to the islet and surrounding territories. Construction on Grace Islet began in June of this year by a private land title holder from Edmonton who seeks to build a residence directly on top of this Cemetery. Despite the protests of Indigenous leaders, MLAs, archaeologist and local protesters, construction continues. Concerned leaders and community members are fighting to stop further development on Grace Islet so that respectful solution between parties can take place.

The Event: An online silent auction is currently in progress on our Facebook page “Grace Islet: Benefit Concert and Silent Auction.” Bidding for auction items began on October 14, with more items added daily as donations continue to come in. People will have an opportunity to see and bid on silent auction items in person at our benefit concert on October 21st. Lacey Lou’s Tapas Lounge (1320 Broad street) will be hosting the event with doors opening at 6pm (auction ending at 9pm). Folks have the opportunity to browse silent auction items and snack on light refreshments while making bids on desired pieces.

A benefit concert and poetry night will commence at 7pm-10pm. A donation of $10 is a suggested admission price but no one will be turned away at the door for lack of funds. Confirmed performers include Audrey Lane, Kevin Henry, Elysia Glover, and Dustin Enns.

So far, we have dozens of items for bid including a limited edition painting by artist and hereditary chief Tony Hunt, a stained glass window of Grace Islet, gift certificates from local businesses, as well as paintings and crafts from local artists.

Come out for great food, bid on beautifully hand-crafted donations, listen to some amazing performers, all while giving generously in solidarity to support the assertion of Indigenous Rights.

DONATIONS ARE STILL BEING ACCEPTED FOR SILENT AUCTION

For more information, or to donate, please contact Meg Tronson:

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OCT. 23: Another Politics: Talking Across Today's Transformative Movements

Chris Dixon -- recent author of Another Politics, published by University of California Press (foreword by Angela Davis) (poster attached)

Thursday October 23rd at 4pm Clearihue C112

https://www.facebook.com/events/256793911111245/

A growing set of activists – from anti-poverty organizers in Toronto to prison abolitionists in Oakland, from occupy activists in New York to migrant justice organizers in Vancouver – are developing shared politics and practices. They are building “another politics,” to use a Zapatista expression. These efforts combine anti-authoritarian, anti-capitalist, anti-oppression politics with grassroots organizing among ordinary, non-activist people. Drawing on interviews with organizers across North America, this presentation will explore another politics and distill lessons for building effective, visionary movements.

Event sponsored by Environmental Studies, Cultural, Social, and Political Thought, Women's Studies, Social Justice Studies, and Sociology

OCT. 24: Camas Books presents Chris Dixon: Taking Ourselves Seriously: developing strategy for the long haul of radical organizing and social transformation.(poster attached)

Friday Oct 24

6pm – 9pm

Camas Books and Infoshop

2620 Quadra St.

Oct. 27:

ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD

Israel/Palestine| Hebrew & Arabic| 83 min|2013 83 minutes

By Lia Tarachansky - Jaffa based filmmaker and the Israel/Palestine correspondent for The Real News Network (TRNN)

October 27, Monday 7 PM

University of Victoria, Hickman Bldg. Auditorium, Rm 105

The screening will be followed by a discussion with the filmmaker

Admission by donation

Former West Bank settler Lia Tarachansky looks at Israelis’ collective amnesia of the fateful events of 1948 when the state of Israel was born and most of the Palestinians became refugees.

She follows the transformation of Israeli veterans trying to uncover their denial of the war that changed the region forever. She then turns the camera on herself and travels back to her settlement where that historical erasure gave birth to a new generation, blind and isolated from its surroundings. Attempting to shed a light on the country’s biggest taboo, she is met with outrage and violence.

The director, a member of Independent Jewish Voices, will be in attendance.

Co-sponsored by Independent Jewish Voices, Victoria Chapter and Victoria Island Public Interest Research Group

Margo MatwychukDirector
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